Determination of species yield of ion sources used for intense neutral-beam injection

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For efficient plasma heating, ion sources of neutral-beam injectors should be capable of producing ion beams with an atomic fraction of 90% or higher. Diagnostic techniques for quantitatively determining source species yield have been developed and evaluated. These include magnetic momentum analysis of the unneutralized ions passing through the neutralizer, energy analysis of the neutral beam by electrostatic separation of ions emanating from a stripping cell, and quantity vs implantation-depth analysis of hydrogen implanted into a crystal by SIMS technique. The operational features and advantages and disadvantages of each technique will be discussed. If the effects of beamlet optics, energy ...
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For efficient plasma heating, ion sources of neutral-beam injectors should be capable of producing ion beams with an atomic fraction of 90% or higher. Diagnostic techniques for quantitatively determining source species yield have been developed and evaluated. These include magnetic momentum analysis of the unneutralized ions passing through the neutralizer, energy analysis of the neutral beam by electrostatic separation of ions emanating from a stripping cell, and quantity vs implantation-depth analysis of hydrogen implanted into a crystal by SIMS technique. The operational features and advantages and disadvantages of each technique will be discussed. If the effects of beamlet optics, energy straggling in the accelerator, and neutralizer gas scattering are taken into account, the results of the measurements using the three techniques are shown to be mutually consistent within experimental error.

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